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Chapter 15 Study Guide Flashcards

1
Q

What was the wave of religious fervor in the 1800’s?

A

Second Great Awakening

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2
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How did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?

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Begin with frontier camp meetings called revivals

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3
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What does temperance mean?

A

Drinking little or no alcohol

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4
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What was the first school for the hearing impaired?

A

Gallaudet University

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5
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What did Dorothea Dix do?

A

Reformed care for the mentally ill

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6
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What was Washington Irving famous for being and what did he write?

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Was Americas first internationally famous author with his story “The Legend of SleepyHollow”

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7
Q

What novel explored the issue of slavery and was the best selling novel of the 19
century?

A

Uncle Toms Cabin

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8
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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9
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Who were reformers who wanted to abolish slavery?

A

Abolitionists

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10
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Who was the first white abolitionist to call for the immediate and complete
emancipation of slaves?

A

William Lloyd Carrison

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11
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Who was the most well known abolitionist?

A

Frederick Douglass

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12
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What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglass edited?

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North Star

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13
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What did Frederick Douglass believe destroyed America’s ideals of freedom?

A

Injustice of Slavery

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14
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What did Frederick Douglas do with help of friends in 1847?

A

Purchase his freedom from his original slaveholder

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15
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Who worked for women’s rights as an abolitionist?

A

Sojourner Truth

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16
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What are communities based on a vision of a perfect society?

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Utopias

17
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Where was Sojourner Truth born?

A

Born as a slave in New York

18
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Why did Truth choose her new name?

A

Because she said “I will walk in the light of Gods Truth”

19
Q

What was a network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people?

A

The Underground Railroad

20
Q

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

A

Harriet Tubman

21
Q

Where was the first women’s rights convention?

A

Seneca Falls

22
Q

What was the most controversial issue at the Seneca Falls Convention?

A

Was over womens suffrage

23
Q

What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both fight for?

A

Womens rights

24
Q

Who was the Quaker that helped runaway slaves in addition to working towards
women’s suffrage?

A

Lucretia Mott

25
Q

Who called for equal pay, college training, and coeducation?

A

Susan B. Anthony

26
Q

What did the 19th Amendement do?

A

Made womens suffrage a reality in every state

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